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Good As You: Maryland Roundup

03/14/2011

With NAMBLA, bestiality, and Weinmar/Nazi Germany references thrown in for good measure: [SOURCE: Protect Marriage MD] Thanks, Democratic-controlled House of Delegates, for the lack of forward movement! You've apparently prevented genocide.

So this is sort of interesting in a National Organization for Marriage-obsessed sort of way. Remember a few weeks back, we showed you how NOM had started organizing on a site called that worked under the dual names MarylandForMarriage and...

03/12/2011

A strong "Wtf?!" ("Where's the fairness?" "Wither the freedom?" "Why the fallacy?" "When the future?" -- take your pick) from Maryland’s largest general circulation daily newspaper: The decision by the House of Delegates to send a bill legalizing gay marriage...

03/11/2011

As you've surely heard by now, the Maryland House failed to take a vote on marriage, as they were expected to do today, with the Democratic-controlled chamber instead sending the bill back to the Judiciary Committee. Translation: They didn't have...

If one writes MD Delegate Steve Hershey (R) about marriage equality in the state, this is the form letter he or she will get back in return: Why the highlighted text? Oh, well, because: It's the very same line the...

03/10/2011

One big, unreported secret out of Maryland is how much influence the far-right, uber-fringe, bathroom-stalking group MassResistance is having on that state's marriage debate. Anecdotally: This writer heard all kinds of MassResistance talking points debated on the House floor. Claims...

03/09/2011

Predictably vindictive: The National Organization of Marriage (NOM) today announced that it will form the “NOM PAC Maryland” in the state. NOM pledges to spend at least $1 million in Maryland to support Democratic State Legislators who cast their votes...

03/04/2011

A referendum is wrong and deserves no one's support. But that will or will not happen regardless of Arora or any other legislator's two cents. So okay, let's do this thing. Grant Maryland's same-sex couples the equal freedoms they deserve,...

03/02/2011

These days, Maryland social conservatives act as if the state's civil marriage laws cannot, should not, and will not be reexamined through a modern lens, since "traditional marriage" is and has always been an undebatable perfect. They paint the man/woman,...

Delegate Holds Up House Vote On Gay Marriage [WBAL] It's impossible in 2011 for anyone to "rush" marriage equality. The "rush" boat left the harbor long ago. We are all now playing catchup on this long-denied freedom. Catch up. ***...

02/27/2011

With marriage equality obtaining passage in the state Senate and expected to do the same in the House, Maryland Catholics are pulling out all stops in order to fulfill their goal of using faith-based theological opinions to halt *CIVIL* rights...

The bill hasn't even passed the Senate (tonight, hopefully). But in Maryland, some Republican lawmakers are already fetishizing the potential Prop 8-like referendum that might greet the Old Line State: "You know in the Senate Finance Committee...when a sponsor of...

02/22/2011

Well we're still having to defend our lives and loves rather than benignly enjoy both. But at least in Maryland, the local opposition to our civil marriage recognition is working from a playbook filled with case law, objective reads of...

02/21/2011

The National Organization For Marriage is already prepping a Prop 8 redux for Maryland: [Domain Tools] It's either the registration for a forthcoming Maryland referendum (i.e. marriage equality rollback) site, or its a planned coalition of doctors who NOM will...

Uploaded to Protect Marriage Maryland's official YouTube Channel: [Protect Marriage Maryland] Our unions will bring about a flood? Okay, well if rain on one's wedding day is supposed to be good luck, then this just tells us we're in for...

We've already shown you how the guy behind NOM's supposedly trustworthy poll on Maryland marriage, Gary Lawrence, was deep in the pocket of the Prop 8 crowd, distributing a whole host of information that supported the ballot measure more on...

This is the work of Mormon writer and pollster Gary Lawrence: (*forgive the unsightly presentation -- it's an archived copy with dead images) lawrencemeridian This was also the work of Gary Lawrence (though it was originally printed anonymously): Six Consequences...

02/14/2011

Because of a penchant for thoroughly over-the-top activities like covertly filming transgender human beings as they try to use a public restroom in peace, MassResistance has the reputation of being one of the fringe-iest of all the statewide "pro-family" groups....

02/10/2011

You might remember Robert Broadus from his NOM-loving work at "Protect Marriage MD," where he makes maps tracking which states are most enraging God at this particular moment: [SOURCE] Or you might have seen his past candidacy promoted by folks...

02/08/2011

From the National Organization For Marriage's Maggie Gallagher: [SOURCE] Okay, M.G. But just don't talk to us about commitment (in more ways than one). *** *We, however, are toughing it out. To follow along live (assuming you have real player)...

02/07/2011

Add Maryland to the growing list of states where the Catholic church is positioning its Sunday bulletin as a suitable place for political advocacy. This one from the South Baltimore parish: 2/6/11 Bulletin [South Baltimore CC] Meanwhile, local gay activists...

02/02/2011

Momentum builds in MD: Sen. Allan H. Kittleman (R-Howard) formally announced his support Wednesday morning for legislation that would allow same-sex marriages in Maryland, saying he would vote for the bill "because of my firm belief in equal rights." With...

01/27/2011

Maryland marriage equality seems to be on the horizon. So naturally, the Christian Bible Network is here to give a platform to the same old fears, canards, and false victimization strategies ("they'll tell your kids we're bigots!") that NOM and...

01/21/2011

Right now it's just a holding page. But with a marriage bill making its way through the Maryland legislature and the prospects looking good for equality, it's only a matter of time before this site... http://www.protectmarriagemd.org ...goes live. But as...

12/09/2010

It's looking more and more likely that Maryland will soon provide headline writers with phonetically easy puns: A majority of senators on a key committee in Maryland now favor legalizing same-sex marriage, making it increasingly likely that the state will...

07/21/2010

The National Organization For Marriage tried to kick the Courage Campaign's videographer out of their barely-attended rally in Annapolis, MD. But no NOM, big or small (*but in the case of this tour, only small. Very, very small.), is going...

05/11/2010

And now, polling data that should care the bejesus out of Maggie Gallagher, Brian Brown, or any other person who makes a living misconstruing the words "protect" and "traditional" and "family" so that are used as weapons agains gay peoples'...

02/26/2010

More from the far-right's newest object of obfuscation, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler: Talking always trumps talking points. Unfortunately listening still does not always trump mind-made-upiness. We shift the paradigm, we end this silly "war." **You can read the Gansler...

This is how Brian Brown begins his latest NOM communiqué: “Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid in this state.” Who would have thought it would take 55 pages for Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler to...

02/25/2010

For those wondering whether yesterday's Attorney General opinion will bring out-of-state marriage recognition to Maryland: Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) declared Wednesday that Maryland will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere and that its agencies should immediately begin affording...

02/24/2010

Today in Maryland, state Attorney General Douglas Gansler (pic.) will release an opinion regarding local same-sex couples' right to have their out-of-state unions recognized upon returning home. And according to The Washington Post, who has apparently obtained an advanced copy,...

02/17/2010

You know, most social conservatives at least wait until a public figure has issued an opinion before they start bringing up the idea of impeachment. Oh, but not Maryland's most reliably far-reaching for of the 'mos, Don Dwyer (pic.). The...

02/01/2010

This is Maryland Delegate Emmett Burns. Why is he frowning? Well, that would be because D.C. gays are likely to start marrying in the coming weeks, and Burns is all kinds of pissed that some of those loving couples might...

09/09/2008

Good news out of Montgomery County, Maryland. The state's highest court has ruled that a year old law designed to protect the transgender community from discrimination will not be put up to a referendum, and will instead go into immediate...

03/13/2008

We always see our opposition using the "marriage is all about children" strategy, so that they can play on people's fears that gay marriage would somehow destroy kids' lives. But this little blip from Focus on the Family's Citizenlink (the...

03/03/2008

The Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg recently gave a testimony encouraging the Maryland legislature to pass a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Here's the pertinent sample: If you remember only one thing from my testimony, please remember this: Marriage is...

02/29/2008

We've told you a couple of times about the ludicrously named "Not My Shower" campaign, in which some Maryland-based anti-LGBT activists are trying to overturn a measure that extends protections to transgender individuals. Well in this newly posted audio from...

02/27/2008

A Montgomery County, MD, organization calling itself Citizens For Responsible Government (the ones behind the ridiculous notmyshower.net website) has been trying to overturn a recently passed transgender anti-discrimination bill by using the petition process. And since they need a reason...

02/11/2008

Tomorrow in Annapolis, more than 500 supporters of marriage equality are expected to attend a rally and Lobby Day at the state capitol. In a related story, our friend Anna Polis is tomorrow expected to take off work and spend...

02/08/2008

Maryland House of Delegates member Don Dwyer, one of the state's most out and proud 'mo foes, is this year taking a new approach in his perennial attempts to have same-sex marriage banned in the state. In addition to petitioning...

01/17/2008

According to a new Baltimore Sun poll, 19% of Maryland residents support full gay marriage, 39% oppose marriage equality but support civil unions, 31% think both should be illegal, and 11% have nothing to add to the conversation. This means...

11/29/2007

A new study from UCLA's Williams Institute indicates that Maryland would see around a $3.2 million annual boost in its economy if the state were to legalize gay marriage: The Impact on Maryland's Budget of Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Marry...